Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Jun 14, 2007

LOT 198

"Delphis" Chronoswiss, "Delphis", No. 218, Ref. CH 1422. Made circa 2000. Fine and unusual, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel and 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with jump-hour and retrograde minute indication and a stainless steel and 18K yellow gold Chronoswiss link bracelet. Accompanied by a fitted box, certificate and instruction booklet.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, reeded bezel and case back edge, screwed-down transparent case back, straight lugs, gold screwed bars, sapphire crystals. D. Guilloché solid silver, between 9 and 3 the 60-minute retrograde, at 12 aperture for the jump hours in 24 hours, subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel "double spade" hand. M. Cal. CH 124, rhodium-plated, "oeil-deperdrix" decoration, 29 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, skeletonized gold rotor. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 11 mm.